Zechariah 10:9
New International Version
Though I scatter them among the peoples, yet in distant lands they will remember me. They and their children will survive, and they will return.

New Living Translation
Though I have scattered them like seeds among the nations, they will still remember me in distant lands. They and their children will survive and return again to Israel.

English Standard Version
Though I scattered them among the nations, yet in far countries they shall remember me, and with their children they shall live and return.

Berean Standard Bible
Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.

King James Bible
And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.

New King James Version
“I will sow them among the peoples, And they shall remember Me in far countries; They shall live, together with their children, And they shall return.

New American Standard Bible
“When I scatter them among the peoples, They will remember Me in distant countries, And they with their children will live and come back.

NASB 1995
“When I scatter them among the peoples, They will remember Me in far countries, And they with their children will live and come back.

NASB 1977
“When I scatter them among the peoples, They will remember Me in far countries, And they with their children will live and come back.

Legacy Standard Bible
And I will sow them among the peoples, And they will remember Me in far countries, And they with their children will live and turn back.

Amplified Bible
“When I scatter them among the nations, They will remember Me in far countries, And with their children they will live and come back [to Me and the land I gave them].

Christian Standard Bible
Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember me in the distant lands; they and their children will live and return.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in the distant lands; they and their children will live and return.

American Standard Version
And I will sow them among the peoples; and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and shall return.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And I shall sow them among the nations and in distant places they shall praise me, and they shall raise their children and they shall return

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I will sow them among the people; and they that are afar off shall remember me: they shall nourish their children, and they shall return.

Contemporary English Version
Although I scattered my people in distant countries, they won't forget me. Once their children are raised, they will return--

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will sow them among peoples: and from afar they shall remember me: and they shall live with their children, and shall return.

English Revised Version
And I will sow them among the peoples; and they shall remember me in far countries: and they shall live with their children, and shall return.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Although I have scattered them among the nations, they will remember me even in faraway places. They will live with their children and then return.

Good News Translation
Though I have scattered them among the nations, yet in far-off places they will remember me. They and their children will survive and return home together.

International Standard Version
I will scatter them among the nations, and so they will remember me in distant countries. They will rear their children, and they will return.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And I will sow them among the peoples, And they shall remember Me in far countries; And they shall live with their children, and shall return.

Literal Standard Version
And I sow them among peoples, | And in far-off places they remember Me, | And they have lived with their sons, | And they have turned back.

Majority Standard Bible
Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.

New American Bible
I sowed them among the nations, yet in distant lands they will remember me; they will bear their children and return.

NET Bible
Though I scatter them among the nations, they will remember in far-off places--they and their children will sprout forth and return.

New Revised Standard Version
Though I scattered them among the nations, yet in far countries they shall remember me, and they shall rear their children and return.

New Heart English Bible
I will sow them among the peoples; and they will remember me in far countries; and they will live with their children, and will return.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in remote countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.

World English Bible
I will sow them among the peoples. They will remember me in far countries. They will live with their children and will return.

Young's Literal Translation
And I sow them among peoples, And in far-off places they remember Me, And they have lived with their sons, And they have turned back.

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Context
Judah and Israel will be Restored
8I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were. 9Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return. 10I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon until no more room is found for them.…

Cross References
1 Kings 8:47
and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, 'We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,'

1 Kings 8:48
and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,

Isaiah 44:21
Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made you, and you are My servant; O Israel, I will never forget you.

Ezekiel 6:9
Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me--how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.


Treasury of Scripture

And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.

sow.

Esther 8:17
And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.

Jeremiah 31:27
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

Daniel 3:1-6:28
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon…

remember.

Deuteronomy 30:1-4
And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, …

1 Kings 8:47,48
Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; …

Nehemiah 1:9
But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

live.

Isaiah 65:9,23
And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there…

Acts 2:38,39
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost…

Acts 3:25,26
Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed…

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Zechariah 10
1. God is to be sought unto, and not idols.
3. As he visited his flock for sin, so he will save and restore them.














Verse 9. - I will sow them among the people (peoples). The "sowing" here does not mean scattering, but increase, and this was to go on while they were dispersed among the nations. The word is used in the same sense in Hosea 2:23; Jeremiah 31:27. This continued dispersion was a part of their discipline, a test of their loyalty to God. They shall remember me. In the countries where they are living they shall worship the Lord and observe his Law, and be a witness for him among the heathen. They shall live with their children (Ezekiel 37:14). The promised blessing is not for a time only, but perpetual. Turn again; i.e. return to their own land (Isaiah 35:10). It cannot mean, "turn to the Lord," for they are said already to remember the Lord, and their "conversion must precede the promise of life." The next verse describes the return more particularly.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Though I sow
וְאֶזְרָעֵם֙ (wə·’ez·rā·‘êm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 2232: To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify

them among the nations,
בָּֽעַמִּ֔ים (bā·‘am·mîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

they will remember Me
יִזְכְּר֑וּנִי (yiz·kə·rū·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | first person common singular
Strong's 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male

in distant lands;
וּבַמֶּרְחַקִּ֖ים (ū·ḇam·mer·ḥaq·qîm)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4801: Remoteness, a distant place, from afar

they and their children
בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם (bə·nê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

will live
וְחָי֥וּ (wə·ḥā·yū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2421: To live, to revive

and return.
וָשָֽׁבוּ׃ (wā·šā·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again


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